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worried about slow start up speeds. now they can actually affect your livelihood. >> reporter: educators say it's essential to start building the cyber work force earlier in schools and colleges, preparing for one part of the economy everyone agrees is expanding as the cyber threat spreads. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> the man who has been on the forefront of fighting cyber attacks among other threats at the pentagon is weighing in on the grilling his likely successor got on capitol hill this week. outgoing secretary leon panetta is critical of this week's confirmation hearings for former senator chuck hagel. he said the hearings should have been less political and partisan and more about the tough issues hagel would face. >> what about what a secretary of defense is confronting today, what about the war in afghanistan, the war on terrorism, what about the budget sequester and the impact it's going to have on readiness? what about the middle east turmoil? what about cyber attacks? all of the issues that confront a secretary of defense, frankly, those were -- we just did not s

be the key to higher education and perhaps even brilliance for a lot of folks who don't necessarily have the time or money for college. say nothing of an ivy league school. online learning is hardly new. it's been around for a long time. but open access to classes at some of this nation's most prestigious institutions is new. and people of all kinds and all ages are signing on. our report from our chief education correspondent, rehema ellis. >> reporter: the college classroom is changing. courses from some of the world's most elite universities are now available to anyone for free. at a furious pace, schools are participating with start-up companies like coursera to deliver online courses. or m.o.o.k.s. >> much faster than any of us were expecting. we reached our first 1 million users faster than facebook. >> reporter: physics, poetry, astronomy, even guitar, all just a click away. university of virginia retooled his modern history course for this semester's online debut. the class usually open to 120 students saw enrollment soar. >> 42,000 students around the world. >> reporter: to put

and the impact that has. so we see this as an opportunity to educate chris. >> reporter: culliver's training is still being planned. the wrestler hope members of the community are at the table. >> the more that people meet and know us, the better it will be. >> reporter: barriers are long broken on this team. now culliver is in a position to help level the playing field in professional football. >> he can be a role model of someone who could easily change his mind. >> it takes one person to make a difference. hopefully chris will take this mention and make a difference in his profession. >> reporter: the trevor prong says it will be meeting with culliver in the coming weeks. tonight a spokesperson for the 49ers says the team will be reaching out to the community. i'm told several options are under consideration. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >>> it's a story not just about a few dirty restaurants. >> have you ever been shut down? >> this is about 6,000 restaurants and the inspection reports you've never seen. jena investigates places to eat in the silicon valley and unc

an education. on saturday, she walked to the operating room. for five more hours of surgery. doctors implanted a titanium plate and a sophisticated hearing aid, repairing where the bullet smashed her skull and left her deaf in one ear. 24 hours later, malala was talking again. >> i can also walk a little bit. i can talk. and i'm feeling better. and it doesn't seem that i had a very big operation. >> reporter: other patients might have complained. malala stayed focused. >> the thing is that my mission is the same, to help people. and i would do that. >> reporter: the medical team has grown close to malala. >> i'm inspired from the doctors and nurses. they are like my mother and father. >> reporter: malala will stay here in britain for at least another year. they're finding a place for a local school for a young woman whose passion is education for all. >> this is the second life, this is the new life. and i want to serve the people. >> reporter: she is recovering, and more determined than ever. keir simmons, nbc news, birmingham, england. >>> and when we come back, one of the world's great endu

on politics, social issues and education. hawaii and new mexico are the only other two states in the union where whites are not the majority. >>> from austria we have new video of four very rare white tiger cubs born at a private zoo in late december. these cubs are doing well but only about 300 white tigers worldwide. >>> scary moments last night aboard an alaskan airlines flight heading for seattle when the pilot lost consciousness. we'll follow that story for you here on nbc. >>> today marks the 10th anniversary of the american heart association's go red for women campaign. over the past decade awareness that heart disease is the number one killer of women has gone up and death from the disease have gone down. 90% of people who registered with the go red campaign made a healthy lifestyle change like changing their eating or exercise habits or getting their cholesterol checked. >>> the dow shot up nearly 1,000 points last month logging it's best january since 1994. the s&p saw its biggest gain since '97. some context here. since 1950 a january in the black has led to full year gains 90%

to go and continue his education so he can some day become doctor chicken and that's going to be interesting. >>> a fatal pileup on a georgia highway left four dead and 27 others injuries. four vehicles were involved including a tanker which caught fire. >>> and finally in new york, two australians took top places racing to the empire state building. runners from 18 countries sped up to 58 stories with more than 1500 steps. winners had impressive times of 10 and 12 minutes each. >>> in sports, another big upset in college basketball. number five kansas stufrd a second straight loss as texas christian got 17 points from garlon green. tcu held on for its first win ever against the top five team. 62-55 there over kansas and the home team fans celebrated by rushing the court as time ran out. congratulations. >>> in world cup qualifying soccer, the u.s. gave up a goal in the 79th minute to honduras and lost 2-1. next, they will travel home to colorado to take on costa rica in the ten-game tournament that will be played through october. >>> u.s. skier ted ligety won the super-g i

build a stack of dollar bills. 9,000 miles high. they could foot the country's education bill for two years. they could give every apple employee a $1.7 million bonus. or better yet, give every american a check for $437. >> david beckham hadn't claimed he did all the stunts for his commercial we wouldn't have to show you. but since he said he did. the verdict is 37-year-old beck did use a butt double. tough research. >>> check this out. a two lane plow. plus no snowstorm can stop the madness of the most pampered pooches on the planet. the dog show comes to new york. you're watching the ear"early today" show. >>> welcome back. now to some other stories that caught our eye this morning. we start in florida where a 70-year-old woman lost control of her suv and plowed through a restaurant window just as it was getting ready to open. a very agile bartender inside was able to leap out of the way, and he sustained only minor injuries. >>> in michigan one snowplow definitely sweeps away the competition. it looks like a trailer but swings around wide enough to clear two lanes of highway at onc

for promoting education for young girls speaks publicly for the first time. >> translator: today i can see, i'm getting better day by day. it's because of the prayers of people. >> she thanked the public for her new life and says she plans to continue being an education activist through the malala fund. 159-year-old was shot in the head by the taliban last october. she was flown to england for multiple surgeries including one that reconstructed her skull and restored her hearing. she has definitely made a remarkable recovery. jessica? >> she is one brave woman. thank you very much. >>> well, a royal mystery solved in england today. researchers outlined the dna link proving 500-year-old bones found in a parking lot are indeed those of king richard iii. that's not the only mystery being solved. richard's spine shows a distinct curvature showing he was a hunch back. he was the last british monarch to die in battle, purportedly killed by a sword to the head. but now archaeologists who discovered the skull and the bones are doubtful. >> we were sort of thinking ridiculous. we're not going 0 to fin

're moving it legally. >> to education now. what could be the end of an era. now for years, california public school students have put pencil is to paper to fill in the little bubbles. those standardized tests may be on their way out. they're set to expire next year. now the state sucht schools wants to change direction and replace the bubble tests with new tests aimed at really assessing what kids know. and not just what they've memori memorized. in tonight's class action, we share the vision for a new era of testing. >> tom is excited, too. he's proposing ditching those fill in the blank bubble tests. tests designed to measure how well a student is mastering english, math and in some grades science. while he says the tests have served california kids well, it's time to get smarter. >> instead of memorization, multiple choice tests, we'll have a deeper kind of testing that will go on that will measure a student's capacity for good collaboration, good problem solving, critical thinking. >> the new exams come with open-ended questions and demand deeper thinking. >> how many quarters are in a d

this as an opportunity to educate chris. >> well, the trevor project will meet with culliver planning to do that over the next couple of weeks. a spokesperson for the 49ers says the team will also reach out to lgbt groups as well. >> if you're outside at all today, you'll feel the sunshine out there, but rain is on the way. >> rain is on the way, so seize the day. i'm a poet but i knew it. let's show you our weather headlines and what we're expecting for today. as you can see here, this is san francisco. we have filtered sunshine today. looks kind of hazy out there. happy to report it's not a spare the air day, they've got good air quality for the bay area. temps are warming up nicely. as marla pointed out a lot more sunshine today than this time yesterday. pretty nice day today. enjoy it while it lasts. as of this time tomorrow we'll be tracking showers and a cold blast trailing behind a storm system that could force snow levels down to 1500 feet. some rare bay area snow possible. also more snow headed to the sierra-nevada just in time for the weekend. i know two want to know how the weekend will be

inside in an effort to promote the court and education about the highest court in the state, a ruling in this case is expected in 90 days. live in san francisco tonight, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. now considering a potential citywide ban on the cultivation of outdoor medical marijuana. the city council voted in 2005 to ban medical marijuana dispensaries. but it didn't address any other types of cultivation. neighbors started complaining publicly about an outdoor grill in one neighborhood, complaining about the smell and says worried it will attract other issues. the 49ers are calling the state one of the most depressing of the season, players cleaned out their lockers this morning packing up their personal belongings. the super bowl loss only made it more somber especially for qb colin kaepernick who said sunday's loss will stay with him for the rest of his life. >> we should have won that game. >> he fought back against the baltimore ravens. he fought back against the falcons. he's fought some of the best defenses in the chicago bears. like i told him, kee

right. also, there's a lot of talk about gym class or physical education in schools which we've seen cut in a lot of school districts because of budget issues. there's a belief that these classes can actually lead to weight loss. i find that surprising. >> well, i'm concerned about this myth. i think that we have to keep in mind and underscore the -- that gym class in their current form, they're not like in the old days when you got to play. many of our physical education classes now are filled with learning rules, writing about how you feel about this sport, you know, we need to ingrain habits in kids early. and even though our research doesn't show that the current form of physical education classes is associated with weight loss, it's not sensitive enough to see the changes in body composition. more importantly, erica, it builds confidence in kids to actually have lifelong habits of physical activity. so we have to keep in mind what our end goal here is. >> that's what's important, to instill that goal in kids. just to get moving every day so they carry it through their adult life. >>

so frustrated this week. we've got an aging society with stagnant education levels. out there, there is a global pool of talent. they'll pay more taxes than they receive. they'll create a much more dynamic economy. and the last week in washington, we've been side tracked off this potential to actually give some growth to our economy by issues of how many links are in the chain we're going to build. what's going to trigger what. does gay marriage affect all of this? it's like this moral i]obtusene. this is our only shot at getting a growing economy. this attempt to win the race for global talent out there, and we are debating socrates. >> it does seem like the politics of this is coming together. robert, you're here. i want to quickly talk about guns in this respect. the president, a picture of him skeet shooting. we know that there had been a kerfuffle, this idea was he really -- the president said yes, he had fired a gun. i do have to ask you, have you seen him skeet shoot? >> i have not. but camp david for him is a private retreat that he spends most of the time with his fam

honor. >> and so steady. this educated, friendly, mild-mannered woman was the same one who viciously stabbed anna lisa raymundo to death? exactly, according to the prosecutor and police. she planned the killing, she carried it out, she covered it up. nelson sessler, a one-time suspect, was now introduced to the jury as just another victim of sheila's lies and manipulation. >> at any time prior to march 23 of 2002003, did she ever tell y she was married? >> no. she never did. >> and a low-keyed demeanor that police had once found so suspicious, now it seemed that's just how he is. >> he's very laid back. he's too laid back. people might miss interpret that for not being emotional at all, or not caring. but i think he does care, and he did care. >> he just didn't notice, according to the prosecution, that sheila davalloo's feelings were so intense. he even seemed clueless in the summer before anna lisa was killed, sheila suddenly showed up on his flight for las vegas. >> i looked up to see sheila davalloo walk up to me. >> at the airport? >> at the airport. there she was. and she was o

's hard to track which districts break the rules. recently whistleblowers led the department of education to order eight districts to repay $170 million to the subsidized meal program. the senate report found the districts were all cash strapped and diverted the money to employee salaries and other expenses. today officials revealed the first comprehensive national plan to protect student/athletes. the proposal calls for athletes to have better access to health care professionals and more up-to-date equipment. only 42% have access to athletic trainers and almost half of the schools come up short on the federally recommended nurse to student ratio. many schools agree with the proposal, most schools worry about finding the money to implement the changes. >>> after years of speculation, it appears it's finally happening. the u.s. postal service plans on canceling saturday meal delivery. >> mail delivery will occur monday through friday. we will not deliver nor collect mail on saturday. >> the postmaster general says it will save the cash strapped agency about $2 billion a year. starting in a

the establishment of her new charity, the malala fund for girls' education. the message was recorded before malala's most recent surgery over the weekend, which the doctors have described as a success. >>> the president heads to minneapolis today to meet with local leaders on the issue of gun control. in his annual presuper bowl interview last night he addressed a range of other issues, including the risk of brain injury in children playing football. >> i want to make sure that we're doing everything we can to make the sport safer and that means that the game is probably going to evolve a little bit. >> president obama also addressed the boy scouts' longstanding policy of excluding gays and lesbians, saying that they should have, quote, access and opportunity the same way everyone else does. >>> researchers in england say they have found a skeleton of king richard iii. dna results show the battle scarred bones under a parking lot are, no doubt, those of the king killed in battle some years ago. he was immortalized by william shakespeare as a brutal tyrant who said now is our winter of discontent a

on the website, change.org. the parents are upset at the way they handled a special education teacher who was convicted of child abuse for throwing a 5-year-old autistic child on to a classroom floor and kicking him. the superintendent said he had how let holder return. >>> a vigil will be held for an off duty san mateo sheriff's deputy. he died last week when a car turned in front of him while he was riding his motorcycle in burrlingame. the driver was not arrested. the 51 leaves behind a wife and 12-year-old son. the vigil will be at 6:00. >>> we'll have a look at weather and traffic right after this break. >>> 9:28. it is still cool and we're going to stay cool today. lots of cloud cover overhead. limited sunshine and that means temperatures are only going to climb by about 5 degrees from where they are now. 48 in san jose. 47 in gilroy. at noon today, temperatures still in the upper 40s for most of the day area. then we'll round out the day in the mid-50s. 54 degrees in livermore. 56 in gilroy and 55 in santa tere teresa. more changes ahead. rain arrives. thursday morning, the bulk of

, the training exercise was funded by the office of education about a year ago. after the school shooting in newtown, it was redesigned, a high intensity drill for what some call our new reality. the mock massacre simulates what so many now fear. two gunmen open fire on students, through a crowded campus taking lives. this shooting just a drill but the drama so intense, even scaring the 20 teenage actors. >> i felt really terrified. i've never felt that scared. it was way too real. i didn't know that was how it was going to be. >> reporter: the training video includes students covered in blood red paint and injured crying for help and children as young as 12 locked inside barricaded classrooms. but is it too much? >> we need to know how our guys here and women at the sheriff's office are going to respond to an actual emergency. the best way to do that is through a live simulated training, making it as real as we can. >> reporter: set to be distributed next year, the trarning video could make its way to police teachers and school administrators across california. back in the 1950s, student

club. >> female fans are very educated and so passionate. >> ray and fran reynolds met at a 49ers game, and it was love at first sight. at least for one of them. >> everyone jump ed up and i lok up and here is this beautiful butt right in front of me. i'm going, where did that come from? >> today they're a happily married pair of season ticket holders. >> this is a 49ers shrine. >> life-long niners fan. this is bernadette's first chance to go to a super bowl and she's going in style. >> these are my niner nails. >> banjo man, a fixture at niners game. ♪ we're gonna win the super bowl and have a lot of fun ♪ yeah, niners! >> that's right, banjo man is there in new orleans. he does not have a ticket for the game. if jenna wolfe can help him out, maybe hook him up, i'm sure he would appreciate that. i don't think it would be that hard to find banjo man there in new orleans. matt, savannah, back to you guys. >> banjo man never blends in. natalie is in baltimore with some rabid raven fans. >> rabid ravens, indeed, they are, savannah. well known for their love of the team, as you can see

before. have i ever not appeared? >> our second take is biggest spending regrets. financial education estimates in the typical month more than two-thirds of united states adults buy something on impulse and most of those purchases lead to regret. how about you? >> i'm an impulse shopper, completely. i do retail therapy all the time on the internet. that's the big one for me. i think i'm getting a deal but i'm hitting it way too often. >> we'll see one of yours in a second. how about you? most regret. >> i don't make many regrets but this is something i bought a few years ago. my wife thought omar sharif in "dr. zhivagozhivago" was the se man alive. i bought this and said who do i look like? and she said from "dumb and dumber." >> as they say in "caddy shack" it looks better on you. >> last time i saw it, it came with a bowl of soup. >> that's right. >> right before flat screens came out. it was expensive. i was stuck with it forever. it was heavy. you couldn't move the thing. every time i looked at it, i resented it. >> for a long time, i'm sure. >> i'm an infomercial shopper. >> late

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